Dam collapse death toll in Siberia rises to 15
KRASNOYARSK TERRITORY, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 19, 2019: Employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry at the site of a mining dam burst on the Seiba River near the village of Shchetinkino, Kuragino District, Krasnoyarsk Territory; at least 15 people died in the accident. Krasnoyarsk Territory Branch of the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief of the Russian Federation/TASS. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
KRASNOYARSK, Oct 20, 2019, TASS. Search and rescue operations resumed on Sunday morning after Saturday’s deadly dam collapse in the Kuraginsky district of eastern Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk territory, a regional office of the Russian emergencies ministry said, reported the TASS.
The official death toll from the dam collapse in the Krasnoyarsk region rises to 15 people, press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s told TASS on Saturday. According to latest reports, six more are still missing.
A dam at a technological reservoir of a gold mining artel collapsed early on Saturday near the settlement of Schetinkino in the Krasnoyarsk region. Two temporary dormitories were flooded. The Russian Emergencies Ministry sent rescuers from neighboring regions to the site of the incident to assist in disaster relief efforts.
A criminal case has been opened.
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